The coastal Spanish resort has in recent decades become a go-to getaway for the world's rich and famous and a favourite holiday destination for Brits.
But residents say that behind the city's facade of superyachts and fast cars is a growing and seedy underbelly. On the strip, reporters for the Mirror were offered cocaine and sex, and counted at least 40 young women walking up and down approaching men.
One reviewer on TripAdvisor said of the bar: "Must point out not to go into the Navy bar this is full of prostitutes. Marbella typically receives around , tourists a month in its peak periods, with Brits accounting for roughly a quarter of all tourism to Spain. Figures from the Spanish Interior Ministry showed that there were at least 15 killing in the Malaga region last year, seven of which were in Marbella and connected to organised crime.
Jason Coghlan, 50, is a "fixer" and former bank robber who now runs Spanish-to-English legal services firm JaCogLaw and has been visiting the region for more than 30 years.
He is familiar with the local criminal landscape, and expressed concern for tourists in the area. Everyone wants their noses in the trough. We pay for your stories!
